CHECK OUT THE WEATHER ON LOCAL 4 TODAY. WEATHER AT 4:30a.m.. AND IT SEEMED TO START LIKE ANY OTHER TRAFFIC STOP. BUT IT DID NOT TAKE LONG TO SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL. A WOMAN WAS PUSHED TO THE GROUND, TACKLED WHILE BEING ARRESTED. CHAUNCY GLOVER SPOKE TO HER MOM TONIGHT AND SHE SAID DETROIT POLICE SIMPLY TOOK THINGS TOO FAR. CHAUNCEY? WELL, RUTH, GOOD EVENING. DPD IS STANDING BEHIND ITS OFFICER, AND IN THE MEANTIME THIS MOTHER, OF THE WOMAN ARRESTED SHE SAID THAT THE OFFICER CROSSED THE LIONEL. IN HER FACE. IT IS A CONTROVERSIAL TAKE DOWN THAT HAS NORMMA IN TEARS. WHEN I ACTUALLY SEEN THE FOOTAGE OF THIS. IT WAS NOT CALLED FOR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. HER DAUGHTER, 28-YEAR-OLD JOHNSON, PULLED OVER BY THE COPS ON 7-MILE ROAD. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AT THIS PARTY STORE ROLLING. JOHNSON TICKETED FOR NO SEAT BELT. NO LICENSE, NO REGISTRATION, AND EXPIRED PLATES. BUT AFTER THE OFFICER TELLS HER, THAT THE CAR HAS TO BE IMPOUNDED SHE EXPRESSES HER ANGER. PUTS HER FINGER IN THE OFFICER'S FACE. WOULD YOU SAY YOUR DAUGHTER WAS ACTING BELLIGERENT? NO. NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT HE WAS. INVESTIGATORS SAY JOHNSON THREATENED THE OFFICER AND THAT'S WHEN HE TRIED TO PLACE HER UNDER ARREST. EVEN IN THE VIDEO YOU CAN SEE YOUR DAUGHTER CLEARLY RESISTING ARREST. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR THAT? I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT CLEARLY RESISTING. THIS IS WHERE GRAVES SAID THE OFFICER CROSSED THE LINE. SLAMS HER TO THE GROUND. PULLS OUT THE HANDS CUFFS AND HITS HER TWICE. WHEN STORE OWNER STEPS IN. I HAD TO HOLLER OUT. COME OUT. TALK TO HIM. ASKED HIM TO STOP HITTING HER. THIS CELL PHONE VIDEO WAS SHOT AFTER THE INCIDENT. JOHNSON IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE POLICE CRUISER WITH A BRUISED FACE. MY FACE IS HURTING. OUT OF LINE, SIR. YOU WERE OUT OF LINE. NOW, JOHNSON IS STILL HERE IN JAIL TONIGHT. AS FOR THE USE OF FORCE, POLICE SAY THE LEVEL OF RESISTANCE BY JOHNSON WAS HIGH. AND THE OFFICER DID FOLLOW PROTOCOL. NOW WE ALSO KNOW AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN LAUNCHED TO MAKE SURE OR FIND OUT IF THIS OFFICER INDEED USED APPROPRIATE FORCE. I AM TOLD THAT VIDEO IS BEING REVIEWED.

DETROIT -

The family of a Detroit woman arrested last weekend is outraged over what they feel was excessive force used by the officer involved.

Shakia Johnson, 28, was stopped by officers in the parking lot of a party store on West 7 Mile Road near Lahser Road. She was ticketed for driving without using a seat belt, having no driver's license, no registration for the car and driving with expired license plates.

When the officer told Johnson the car would have to be impounded, she became angry. Security video from the party store showed Johnson putting her finger into the officer's face.

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When Johnson's mother, Norbaline Graves, viewed the video, she was asked if her daughter was acting in a belligerent manner. Graves said no.

When the officer proceeded to arrest Johnson, the video shows her resisting, but even after seeing the video, Norbaline Graves continued to disagree.

"I don't see her resisting arrest," Graves said.

The officer struggled with Johnson, slamming her to the ground, pulling out his handcuffs and hitting her twice.

"When I saw the video of this, (it's) not called for any circumstances," Norbaline Graves said.

Store owner Eddy Abro witnessed the incident. He decided to step in.

"I went out and said, 'Stop, stop hurting her,'" Abro said.

Cellphone video recorded after the arrest showed Johnson in the back seat of a police car with bruises on her face.

A spokesperson with the Detroit Police Department described the level of resistance Johnson gave as high, and said the arresting officer followed protocol.

The department is still reviewing the video.

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